7 February 2012, Singapore – Mandarin Orchard Singapore is Singapore’s first hotel to offer an advanced in-room Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) system that connects guests in all its 1,051 rooms to a host of conveniences, such as express check-out, concierge and dining services, access to movies-on-demand and 24 StarHub TV channels, etc. at the touch of a button.
StarHub also installed a “second screen” solution enabling resident guests to remotely access in-room services from hotel-issued iPad devices from anywhere within hotel premises which is connected full-time to the hotel’s Wi-Fi network.
Guests can navigate through IPTV via an on-screen remote control, view messages, select StarHub TV channels and movies-on-demand, as well as check real-time flight information. In the next phase of development, guests will also be able to browse current promotions at the hotel and The Mandarin Gallery, control the room ambience, and enjoy the facility of ordering in-room dining service, amongst other conveniences.
iPads are available for loan from Meritus Club Lounge for guest use. Guests also have the option to download and access the application on their personal iPad devices. Plans are underway to extend the second screen solution on Android-powered tablets.
